Barrel-washer



E. G. )GrDl-IN.l BARREL WASHER.

Patented Nov. 6, 1888..

(No Model.)

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E. G. 0813818; BARRBL'w-SHBR.

No. 892,220. Patented Nov. 8, 1888.

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN G. OGDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BARRLWASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.220, dated N overnher 6, 1888.

Application filed August 2. 1886. Serial No. 209,811.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN G. OGDEN, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BarrelWashing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in barrel-washing machines in which the barrel to be washed is supported and agitated while water is introduced into the same through a pipe entering at the bung-hole; and the objects of my improvements are to simplify the construction of such machines and provide means therein for preventing the waste of water and for aiding in conducting off the wash without splashing it about in the roo'm or place where the machine is used. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front or side elevation of such a machine, showing also a barrel in position to be washed. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken on line x :c of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a detail, being a cushion and plate for holding itin place. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan or top view of aportion below the line m x of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a side view of the barrel-holding arms and a portion of a screw-rod connected therewith. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same. j

The machine comprises a head-piece, as A, provided with legs A. The head-piece is hollow, and in it is journaled a hollow shaft, B. This shaft is placed vertically in the machine, so that it may serve as a conduit to carry 0H the wash from the interior of the barrel. To its top end there is attached a cross piece or plate, b, and to this are secured two screwrods, c, which are provided with barrel-holding arms C, made adjustable by means of'nuts on the rods, so that the arms may be set to fit different-sized barrels. The position of the barrel-holding arms with reference to the shaft should always be such as to rest the bilge on the plate or end of the shaft and bring the bung-hole directly over the hollow ofthe shaft. rIo the lower end of the shaft a gear-wheel, b', is attached and made to engage with a wheel, d, attached loosely upon an operatingshaft, D, which is provided with a sliding clutch, e, which turns with said operatingshaft,

(No moilcLl -means of a forked lever, E, connected with the clutch and pivoted to a cross-brace of the legs at e,s0 that reverse movements of the long end will slide the clutch on the operating-shaft, so

as to bring it into and out of engagementwith v wheel d.

The water-pipe F, connected with the supply, is extended through the hollow of shaft B, so as to project inside the barrel,and is provided with perforationsf at the top, through which the water is discharged into the barrel. The hollow of the shaft B is about the size of the bung-hole, and the size of said water-pipe with reference to the size of said hollow is such as to afford throughout the entire length of said shaft a sufficient passage not occupied by the water-pipe to allow the water to pass out of the barrel at the bung and be conducted off through said passage as fast as it passes in through said pipe.

rIhe water-pipe is provided with a stopvalve at F', the handle or stem ofwhich is connected by a link, a, to the lever E, so that the movements of the lever which respectively connect and disconnect the clutch of the operating-shaft with wheel d for starting and stopping the machine shall also respectively turn on and shut off the water.

The exterior of the-barrel, resting on the plate or end of the hollow shaft, will ordinarily tit sufficiently close to prevent the escape of any wash outside of the hollow or exit passage through the shaft 5 but I prefer to use a cushion, a', of rubber or other yielding substance,'which will so adaptitself to the surface of the staves under the weight of the barrel as to make a tight joint, which will prevent the escape of wash in all cases; and to keep the cushion in place around the opening itis surrounded and partially covered by a plate, at, adapted to t between the rods c and hold the cushion in place with its inner edge projecting above the plate to receive the barrel.

In setting up the machine I contemplate arranging the mouth of a conduit directly under IOO the opening of the hollow shaft to receive and carry off the wash therefrom.

The water-pipe is stationary and supported independently of the hollow shaft, and when a barrel is pnt on the machine, so as to rest bctween the arms with the pipe in the bung-hole and the outer adjacent surface resting on the end of the shaft, the forked end of the leveris thrown toward the wheel d, so as to cause the clutch to engage therewith and to open the val ve of the water-pipe. This starts the barrel to turning and sets the water to ruiming into it in all directions through the openingsf. lhe water is thus thrown in contact with the interior of thc barrel while in motion,and flows down and ont at the bung-hole, and is received int-o and conducted off through the passage af forded by the hollow of the shaft. The machine is allowed to thus run for a short time until the barrel is cleansed by being thoronghly rinsed, when the lever is reversed, the machine being thereby stopped and the water simultaneously shut off. The motion should not be so rapid as to retain the water in the barrel by centrifugal action, the intention being to have the water run out and olf about as fast as it runs into the barrel.

Several of the machines set in a row and having a shaft, D, extended under them all may be conveniently tended by one man or boy.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

l. In a barrel-washing machine, the combination, with a vertical shaft provided with a hollow or opening extending longitudinally through it and adapted to cover thebung-holc of a barrel rested on the upper end of said shaft, of an induction water-pipe extended through said hollow for introducing water into the barrel, said hollow throughout being ol' greater diameter than said pipe, whereby a return-passage for the waste water from the barrel is provided throughout said shaft.

2. In a barrel-washing machine, the combination, with a hollow rotary shaft connected through a top piece with adjustable barrelholding arms, of mechanism, substantially as describcd,connected with the lower end of said shaft for operating the same, an induction water-pipeextended through the hollow ofsaid shaft, the diameter of said hollow throughout being larger' than said pipe, whereby a returnpassage for the wash from the interior of the barrel is provided, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the vertical rotary v hollow shaft, the valved induction-pipe extending through the hollow of said shaft and being of less diameter than said hollow shaft, whereby a return-passage is provided for thc waste water, mechanism, substantially as dcscribed, for rotating the vertical shaft, a clutch for engaging and disengaging said mechanism, and a link connecting the handle ofthe valve to the clutch-lever, whereby the movement of said lever to engage and disengage the actuating mechanism opens and closes the valve of thc induction-pipe.

RDW] N (l. OGDEN.

\Vitnesses:

JNO. H. WirrrrLn, J. R. DEAN. 

